Police said after a day long investigation by Lavonia Police, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Franklin County Sheriff"s Office, all evidence pointed to Fielding. Police said he is the only suspect and no other arrests are expected.

Fielding is being held in the Franklin County Sheriff's Office. Investigators said Fielding has ties to Liberty, S.C.

Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle said Jack and Dot Vaughn were attacked late Thursday afternoon at their home on Barston Street in Lavonia.

Carlisle said 87-year-old Jack Vaughn died of his injuries Friday morning at Greenville Memorial Hospital. His wife, Dot, is being treated at AnMed Health.

Carlisle said, From what we can tell (the attacker) beat these elderly people -- one to death and almost one to death -- with his hands."

"During the attack both of the victims were savagely beaten. The female victim was able to get out of the residence and she either crawled or rolled to a nearby apartment complex where she was found," said Carlisle.

"From what we understand, the individual may have been looking for prescription pain medication. Nothing else in the residence was taken. This looks like merely a person addicted to pain medication, and he thought it was necessary to take the life of one of our residents to further his drug use."

Carlisle said the couple's 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis was stolen.

The couples neighbors on Barston Street are still shaken by what happened to the Vaughns.

Neighbor Lisa White said, Ive been sick since last night. It was terrible. It was gruesome. Just the sight of it. It was awful."

White lives behind the couple. She came to Dot Vaughns aid shortly after the attack.

We come around and found her, and she was hollering, 'Go check on my husband,'" she said.

The couples great-niece, Laura Smith, said they were both in frail condition, barely able to get around.

They were very sweet people, Smith said. They minded their own business -- been staying there for years and years and years -- married for years"

Carlisle said, "This is the first home invasion we have had, and this is the first murder we have had since 2003. Everyone in Lavonia is sad. These were lifelong residents."